Coronavirus response leads to cuts to 166 or more FDA, EPA, Medicare, alcohol and education regulations
The Trump administration and state and local governments are wisely suspending regulations to help fight the coronavirus. Many of these rules and regulations were not necessary in the first place, given their tendency More...
N95 Mask shortage linked to Obama administration, not restocking after H1N1 in 2009
Public health may be headed into crisis, in large part due to the shortage N95 respirator masks and new reports trace the problem back to over ten years, after the H1N1 outbreak. Imagine de Gerd Altmann de la Pixabay From More...
Trump moves to cut more Obama era rules at HHS, ending religious discrimination regulations
On this Religious Freedom Day, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is proposing a rule that implements President Trump’s executive order that removes current regulatory burdens on religious More...
New York Judge Paul Engelmayer rules freedom of conscience protections for medical staff is unconstitutional
A federal Obama-appointed judge for the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York struck down a proposed rule this week that protects healthcare individuals and entities from providing and participating More...
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez details ‘Just society’ with full welfare for illegals, rent control, lowering poverty levels
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has published new economic policies as part of her “just society,” including allowing illegal immigrants the same welfare benefits as U.S. citizens. The New York rep has published More...
FDA sued by abortion activist Rebecca Gomperts for cracking down on ‘abortion pill by mail’ access
An abortion activist in Europe, Rebecca Gomperts, federal lawsuit against the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) for blocking “Aid Access,” an Internet consultation and mail order abortion pill More...
Home health care owner, Diandra Bankhead pleads guilty to defrauding Georgia Medicaid
Diandra Bankhead, the owner and operator of Elite Homecare (“Elite”), an Atlanta-based home healthcare provider, has pleaded guilty to defrauding Medicaid by submitting thousands of fraudulent claims for services More...
Medical business owner, Detra Pate sentenced to 10 years for medicare fraud
The owner of a Thomson, Ga., medical equipment company was sentenced to more than 10 years in federal prison Tuesday, July 30, for a wide-ranging Medicare fraud scheme. Detra Wiley Pate, owner and CEO of Southern More...
Elijah Cummings yells at DHS Secretary Kevin McAleenan for immigration political theater, health care for illegals
Acting Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan testified before the House Oversight Committee, where Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD) went into a tirade over the border crisis. It was directed at Secretary More...
Court sides with Trump, allows block of $60 million to Planned Parenthood
The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 7-4 today lifting injunctions that previously blocked enforcement of the Trump administration’s Title X Protect Life Rule (Rule). This Rule cuts off federal funding More...
Court rules Trump can end Title X funds for abortions
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled yesterday that the Trump administration’s regulations on family planning funds could go into effect and federal funding will be cut off to organizations that provide More...
Trump cuts medical funding for research on fetal tissue from abortions
President Donald Trump’s administration announced today that it will no longer allow federal funding for medical research conducted within the National Institutes of Health (NIH) which involves the use of human More...
Houston Woman, Egondu Koko Sentenced to 188 Months for $20 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme
A Houston, Texas patient recruiter was sentenced to 188 months in prison today for her role in a $20 million scheme to pay illegal health care kickbacks to physicians and Medicare beneficiaries in order to fraudulently More...
Caring Families fights against Connecticut discrimination against faith based pregnancy center
An injunction filed is to stop enforcement of the city ordinance that compels the pregnancy center and its Mobile Care ministry to post signs and messages stating, “This facility does not have a licensed medical More...
New Orleans Man, Joseph Haynes Pleads Guilty for Scheme to Defraud Medicare
A New Orleans, Louisiana, man pleaded guilty today for his role in a scheme to solicit the payment of illegal health care kickbacks to several individuals, including two New Orleans-area physicians, for the referring More...
Labor Department announces grant to battle opioid crisis in Florida, Alexander Acosta says this ‘is a serious public health concern’
The U.S. Department of Labor Friday announced the award of an opioid-crisis Dislocated Worker Grant (DWG) to the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity for up to $2,500,000, with $833,333 released initially. More...
St Louis Police Officer, Mark Taylor Sentenced for Corruption Charge
Mark Taylor, 50, of St. Louis, was sentenced to 30 days in prison for accepting bribes in exchange for un-redacted accident reports while a police officer with the City of St. Louis. He appeared in federal court More...
ADF commends HHS version of Protest Life Rule, preventing tax dollars going to Planned Parenthood
The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Denise Burke regarding the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ issuance Friday of the final version of the Protect More...
Daycare Owner, Tariq Butt Sentenced for Stealing Government Funds
U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Tariq Butt, 42, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of theft of government funds, was sentenced to serve 12 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Lawrence More...
Fathers Fighting The Status Quo for Shared Parenting in Illinois
The Illinois activist group, Illinois Fathers for Equality, was created to help children get the best outcome when their parents are going through a divorce, says the president and co-founder of the organization, More...
